Quotes of the day

"Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae."
Kurt Vonnegut

"Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost how it feels about dogs."
Christopher Hampton

"Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger."
Franklin P. Jones

"One cannot review a bad book without showing off."
W. H. Auden

"People ask for criticism, but they only want praise."
W. Somerset Maugham